The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by KATE SUMMERSCALE
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. Ever been struck dumb when speaking in public? You might be suffering from glossophobia. Do your book-buying habits verge on bibliomania? Do you recoil in arachnophobic horror at the si ...Show more
The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths by Manil Suri
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
Picture yourself at a starting point before anything exists no matter, no cosmos, not even empty space. Your task is to create the universe, but all you have to work with is, quite literally, "nothing." How do you proceed? This is the thought experiment The Big Bang of Numbers invites you into, as an or ...Show more
How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in a Globalised World in Crisis by Paolo Giordano
6.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
'Sublimely elegant, provocatively simple, deeply troubling. In one short hour, in the midst of this difficult moment, Giordano reinforced my sense of hope in humanity, in the one and the many' Philippe Sands, author of East West Street The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of ou ...Show more
FIRE: A Message from the Edge of Climate Catastrophe by Margi Prideaux
34.95 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
"From Kangaroo Island resident and writer Margi Prideaux, who holds a Ph.D in wildlife policy and law, comes Fire, a love letter to a small community who has a message for the world. The time for hollow words and targets and plans is over. Communities need to take back their control and consciously adap ...Show more
Ice Rivers by Jemma Wadham
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Category: Science & Mathematics
The story of one woman's passion for glaciersAs one of the world's leading glaciologists, Professor Jemma Wadham has devoted her career to the glaciers that covers one-tenth of the Earth's land surface. Today, however, these 'ice rivers' are in peril. High up in the Alps, Andes and Himalaya, once-indomi ...Show more
Numbercrunch by Oliver Johnson
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
This is a mathematician's toolkit for cutting through wall-to-wall informationoverload and making sense of our modern world. In our hyper-modern world we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. Often these statistics can seem contradictory and say wildly different things d ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities by John Gribbin
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.
Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived by Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics | Reading Level: near fine
Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behaviour and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stori ...Show more
In Plain Sight: An Investigation into UFOs and Impossible Science by Ross Coulthart
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Category: Science & Mathematics
An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing lights were reported near New Zealand's Kaikoura mountains when he was a teenager. Th ...Show more
The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our home among them by Viki Cramer
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Category: Science & Mathematics
Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks, by the coast and in the bush, these are the trees that inhabit our familiar landscapes and national psyche. Yet the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land c ...Show more
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past half century are revealing that we live in a world driv ...Show more
Life on the Rocks Building a Future for Coral Reefs by Juli Berwald
27.99 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLISTThe story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us allCoral reefs are a microcosm of our planet- extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When they're thriving, these fairy gardens hidden ben ...Show more